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Leaders in religious communities here in turkey who had grave concerns about violence and persecution taking place along the border. and so part of our agreement is to continue to work very closely to ensure that religious minorities can thrive and that religious pluralism is one of the characteristics of this safe zone for some time to come. mr. secretary. >> and weve certainly heard from christian leaders aurn the world who expressed much of the same concern that just described. we think that ...

And today, im proud to report thanks to the strong leadership of president donald trump and the strong relationship between president erdogan and turkey and the united states of america, that today the united states and turkey have agreed to a ceasefire in syria. turkish side will pause operation peace spring inned to allow for the withdrawal of ypg forces from the safe zone for 120 hours. all military operations under operation peace spring will be paused. and operation peace spring will be hal...

So what the vice president told us is not true. not part of the agreement. and that the kurds are giving up more land than the u.s. initially thought. again, this is the trump administration diplomat jim jeffrey informing the press of this. senator, your reaction. >> chuck, this is far from a great day for the kurds. and it is a tragic day for the united states and for our reputation around the world. im grateful to senator romney for his forceful speech on the floor and i agree with him that th...

Sanctions that were imposed this last monday. make no mistake about it, president trump was very clear with our ally, turkey, about american opposition to turkish military forces entering syria. the president made that clear in his discussions and in his correspondence with president erdogan. and i believe that the candor and frankness that president trump applied to this and the strength of his relationship with president erdogan both contributed to the ability for this agreement to come about....

Defense forces and we have already begun to facilitate their safe withdrawal from the nearly 20 mile wide safe zone area. south of the turkish bore with der in se der in syria. let me say this, also includes an agreement by turkey is to engage in no military action against the community of kobani, and in addition, the united states and turkey have both mutually committed to a peaceful resolution and future for the safe zone working on an international basis to ensure that peace and security defi...

Affected areas in the safe zone and once that is completed, turkey has agreed to a permanent ceasefire and the united states of america will work with turkey, will work with nations around the world, to ensure that peace and stability is the order of the day in this safe zone on the border between syria and turkey. with that, let me recognize secretary of state mike pompeo and thank you, mr. secretary, for your great work. >> thanks. i think the vice president said it. and while i just wanted to...

Welcome back. i want to share with you and our viewers as map. as we look at the map focus on the orange sliver, the turkish safe zone. how are we to explain or understand what erdogan wants in that orange area? and how many miles that could extend, dan? give us your analysis. >> that area really is key because it is where the interest of syria, iran, russia and turkey conflict. in some cases coincide. syria and iran want to own that. turkey wants it to be a buffer zone so that they prevent kurd...

As a result his secretary of defense, former marine star, he had ample notice that if they removed any troops, that it would underminus, encourage erdogan and weve seen that unfold faster than anyone might have expected. >> if theres a deal with the kurds and the assad regime, effectively the assad regime gets to retake the 1/3 of the country that has been out of its control, which is not only a victory for a dictatorial killer, its also a victory for russia and iran who have been supporting the...

Than anyone might have expected. >> well, also, i mean, if theres a deal with the kurds and the assad regime, then effectively the assad regime gets to retake the one-third of the country that has been out of its control, which is not only a victory for a dictatorial killer, its also a victory for russia and iran, who have been supporting the regime, and of course for turkey if they get this buffer zone. >> thats right. and one of the things im most concerned about, anderson, is that hezbollah a...

Doesnt resolve this this could threaten his rule in the country thats why he sees his operation is so important securing this major buffer zone in which he can refer to return between one and 2000000 refugees if he fails to do that he faces major problems at home and we know that the u.s. president is demanding that turkey stop this military operation against the kurds the u.s. vice president the secretary of state they travel to morrow to basically present these demands in person to president a...